Mondays 6:30-9:00 pm North Seattle Community College, IB 1409 Candice Hoyt, Instructor Course online:

CCE 285: The Project Approach Session 2a

 Phase 1: Teacher webs  In-class Project, Phase 1  Web: What We Know  Web: What We Want to Know  In-class Project, Phase 2  Begin information gathering: Go to library or computer lab  Overview of readings  Manuscript Printing links

 Webs as in Curriculum Plan in CCE 125 Program Planning.  p. 10, fig. 1.5  Anticipatory webs  Possible questions  Curriculum opportunities  Explore resources, field sites available  List focusing-activities and common experiences  Topic appropriate and practical? Yes = project.  Teacher-child webs  Current concepts & understanding  What do we want to find out?

 In-class project – web: “What we know…”  In-class project – web: “What we want to know…”

 Usually done before Child-Teacher web, but because you are the “children,” too, it is redundant for you to do a teacher anticipatory- web if you are the ones completing the Child- Teacher web (essentially the same, with additional players).  Anticipatory webs  Possible questions  You did this already as “children” in last slide – usually comes before Children-Teacher webs  Curriculum opportunities (15 min.)  What curriculum opportunities would your project provide for children ages 3-6?

 Prepare for field work and visitors  Wednesday = field trip to wetlands  Bring camera / video camera  Plan any other field work you want to do between now and Monday 4/19 (5 min.)  Begin “Investigation”: Go to library or computer lab (30 min.)  Revisit … (15 min.)  Phase 1 webs “what we know” and “what we want to know”  Re-plan any other field work you want to do between now and Monday 4/19

 Get in groups with people not in your investigation-group.  Your reflections on being the “child”…  How this helps you understand what you will be doing as a facilitator.  Your questions about doing this….

 Children should be “verbal,” and preferably ages 3+.  If you work with younger children; team with someone who has older children, or use family/friend children.  In group: ideas so far of something you can do with children  In groups (10 min.)  On board  Pair/team up?  Bugs  Eric  Butterflies  Katie & Marianne  Cars  Becky  Legos  Emily  Nature trails  Teresa  Planting a Vegetable Garden  Stephanie & Angelica  Recycling  Michelle  South Lake Union  Celeste, Pam & Renee

 In mixed groups of 3 (30 min. – 10 each):  How can you “mess around” with this topic? Get ideas from each other.  By Monday:  “Mess around” with various topics in your classroom  Keep in contact with your pair/team if applicable  Come prepared with 1-3 ideas about possible projects to do with your children

Required for Mon. 4/19:  “Dot Schuler’s Water Project”  Schuler_Dot-schulers-water-project.pdf Schuler_Dot-schulers-water-project.pdf  “Dot Schuler Phase 2”  Schuler_Phase-2.pdf  “A Visitor’s View of Dot Schuler’s Second Grade Project Work”  Schuler_Visitors-View.pdf  “Cycles of Project Work”  Cycles-of-Project-Work.pdf Optional for Mon. 4/19:  “Mathematical Representation”  Mathematical-Representation.pdf  Kathy’s letter with Sydney Clemens’ comments “ Kathy wrote this letter to…”  Clemens_Kathy-trying-to-listen-to- children.pdf Clemens_Kathy-trying-to-listen-to- children.pdf  Shirley’s ‘Trees’ Phase 1 (list-serve Mon 25 Mar 1996)  Chard_Shirley-Trees.pdf Chard_Shirley-Trees.pdf  King_Why-our-children-arent- learning.pdf King_Why-our-children-arent- learning.pdf  1 st page of “Nine – Teaching: The Discipline Sylvia Chose” (complete document online)  Clemens_Teaching--The-discipline- sylvia-chose.pdf Clemens_Teaching--The-discipline- sylvia-chose.pdf

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 Wed. 4/14In-class project: Wetlands walk  Sun. 4/18Interval Paper #2  Mon. 4/19 Read: pp Read articles as indicated in PPT Project to do with your children  “Mess around” w/various topics w/kids  Keep in contact with your pair/team  Come with 1-3 ideas about possible projects to do with your children  Sun. 4/25Interval Paper #3  Mon. 4/26Read: pp